Please note that due to obligations off campus
with various non-profits and government entities, my office hours may
occasionally be cancelled. These times will be announced in class before the
date or via e-mail. A typical weekly schedule can be found
here.

"If humans
exist on earth for a purpose, it is likely to be for scientific research. It is
the one urge that is exclusively human and distinctive of the race."
Source: Cinna Lomnitz, in Fundamentals of Earthquake Predictions (Wiley)